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Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1924, Lache Ref. POP750766
1921, Hampton Heath Ref. POP726241
1924, Hoole Bank Ref. POP740015
1923, Frandley Ref. POP709099
1921, Hetherson Green Ref. POP732007
1923, Higher Burwardsley Ref. POP733929
1923, Higher Shurlach Ref. POP734192
1923, Higher Whitley Ref. POP734279
1921, Hob Hill Ref. POP737134
1923, Littler Ref. POP758313
1923, Lostock Green Ref. POP767545
1923, Rudheath Woods Ref. POP822500
1924, Shotwick Ref. POP830770
1924, Overpool Ref. POP798787
1924, Parkgate Ref. POP801410
1924, Newton Ref. POP791676
1923, Northwich Ref. POP794498
1924, Pulford Ref. POP811468
1923, Salterswall Ref. POP824626
1921, Shocklach Green Ref. POP830475

Books

19 books found. Showing results 1,873 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 781 to 790.

West Hill Hospital

Early in the morning of September 5th 1940 a bomb struck West Hill Hospital. It killed 2 nurses and a score of new and expecting mothers. My own mother survived with a fractured skull. All of the newborn, myself among them, ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1940 by David Burns

Born At Cothill Farm And Schooled In Duns

I was born at Cothill Farm in 1947, about 4 miles from Duns. I attended Duns Primary School and Berwickshire High School. My father (James) retired in 1965 at age 70, he and my mother located to the west ...Read more

A memory of Duns in 1965 by David Dickson

Woody Bay

I have a lot of information about Woody Bay from the 1880's to the 1980's. I lived there myself from 1968 to 1971 and had connections with the place after that. Rather than ramble on for ages and ages, the simple answer is for me ...Read more

A memory of Woody Bay Sta by mcilhattons

Old Hall

This is the seat of the Biddulph family; it was built in the early sixteenth century, probably to replace an earlier Saxon, possibly fortified, house that has been identified on Bailey's Hill, to the south west of the Old Hall.  It was ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph by Lauren Hughes

Heather And Gorse Clog Dancers Entertain In Totnes

Tuesday 11th December was a frosty clear night but the crowds of late night Christmas shoppers filled Totnes town centre to enjoy the candlelight, carol singers, buskers and stalls lining both ...Read more

A memory of Totnes in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

My Dirty Old Town

I was born in Widnes in 1939 and lived there until I married my Dutch husband in 1969. I go back about once a year and always do quite a few long walk-abouts, as I can't find my way anymore by road. Some things have hardly ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1955 by Lyn Wolff Jones

Wartime Childhood In Tooting

Upper Tooting Road 1950 (ref: T201002) Year: 1943 Wartime Tooting The picture of Upper Tooting Rd showing the Mayfair Cinema, and on the left hand side of the street, the RACS shop (Royal Arsenal Co-Operative ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1943 by Mike Dennis

Looking For My Ancestors

In 2006 I visited Millbrook with my family with the aim of trying to research my ancestors who lived in West street between 1840 to 1870. alas, We unsuccessfully search the cemeteries an parish church, but I still had the ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook by Roy Bryant

Growing Up In West Herrington

I moved to West Herrington village in 1953 as a baby, along with my older sister and parents into a new house in St Cuthberts Road and this was to stay the family home until my mother died in March 2007. My ...Read more

A memory of West Herrington by Lucille Hutchinson

Captions

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Caption For Westleton, The Village C1965

At the south end of the street is a small green, with the 1964 Best Kept Village sign.

Caption For Ware, High Street C1965

Looking west along the High Street, one is struck by the minimal amount of traffic. Nonetheless, in 1976 it was necessary to build the Ware by-pass to alleviate congestion in the High Street.

Caption For Ipswich, Buttermarket 1893

This remarkable building was, and still is, probably the best surviving example of medieval pargetting - decorative plasterwork - in Britain.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey, St Joseph's Chapel 1927

The Lady Chapel is also known as St Mary's Chapel, and just to confuse matters further it is popularly known as St Joseph's Chapel - 'Joseph' being Joseph of Arimathea who was said in legend to

Caption For Sandown, Beach 1918

Behind the coastline are beautiful gardens and walks to attractive spots in the locality, such as Bembridge Down and the Culver Cliffs.

Caption For Marlborough, Town Crier C1900

This rather stern-looking gentleman wearing his best frock coat and gaiters is Isaac Waylen, Town Crier and School Attendance Officer between 1889 and 1911, who lived in St Martin's.

Caption For Beaumaris, West End 1904

One of Anglesey's best-known sailing resorts, at the eastern end of the Menai Strait, Beaumaris was founded by Edward I, who built one of his great castles here, although it was never finished.

Caption For Henley On Thames, New Street C1955

commercial river trade and the coach trade at one fell swoop as a result of by-passing Henley).

Caption For Swindon, Town Station 1961

) to Andover and the south.

Caption For Liverpool, St George's Hall C1881

Started in June 1838 to accommodate the Liverpool Music Festival, which was held every four years and had become a very popular event, St George's Hall is one of the greatest buildings in England.

Caption For Flitton, The Barn, Brook Lane C1955

Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1913

Strolling along the pier was obviously a popular pastime, and many chose to dress to impress for the occasion — straw boaters and best bonnets, swagger sticks and parasols abound, together with white flannels

Caption For Penzance, Market Jew Street 1925

The top end of the main street in Penzance is dominated by the impressive classical frontage of the Market House and Old Town Hall, erected in 1837.

Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews. On the right are the two best pubs architecturally in the town, the Red Lion and the Angel Inn.

Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews. On the right are the two best pubs architecturally in the town, the Red Lion and the Angel Inn.

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Caption For Cornwell, C1960

The parish church of this re-modelled village dates back to Norman times and has a 13th-century font.

Caption For Bristol, The City Centre 1900

Barrow boys, porters and carters do their best to earn a few shillings. Note the large pair of spectacles above the optician's shop.

Caption For Woodchester, C1955

Lying between Stroud and Nailsworth, the parish includes the villages of North and South Woodchester.

Caption For Corfe Castle, East Street 1931

The best of the timeless views is still unchanged here, though with the Reading Room (left) now having become the Box of Delights and providing visitors with ice cream.

Caption For Birmingham, New Street 1896

By the end of the 19th century, New Street was both the principal business street in the town and the best for shopping and entertainment.This view is from Paradise Street.

Caption For Brigham, St Bridget's Church 1906

Cockermouth is best known as the birthplace of the poet William Wordsworth, and there is a stained glass window memorial to this fact in the parish church of All Saints.

Caption For Cirencester, Gloucester Street 1898

Cirencester is another Cotswold town best explored on foot, not least since traffic has increased substantially since this photograph was taken over a century ago.

Caption For Bulphan, Fen Lane C1955

A R Hope Moncrieff, writing in 1909, described Bulphan Fen as 'a flat of woods and pastures that are at worst characteristic, and at the best pleasantly and solitarily rustic'.

Caption For Petersfield, Lavant Street C1965

On 4 January 1859 the railway arrived; it was to join Godalming and Havant stations, and as a consequence, it was possible to travel from London Waterloo to Portsmouth direct.